Warehouse Operations - Planning and Management Course

Effective and efficient warehouse operations are integral to a company's success. Warehouse operations should ensure that a company ships and receives vital stock in time for replenishment on store shelves or in manufacturing facilities.  These entails managing the dynamic environment within which work is done. This training offers a powerful methodology for planning, managing and controlling your warehouse operations.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:  

• Maximize the use of space, equipment, and labor.
• Select the best combination of materials handling and storage equipment
• Speed up order processing while cutting costs
• Coordinate goods to bond premises
• Design an effective loss-control program
• Determine the best warehouse layout
• Control inventory and locations
• Measure warehouse performance to find trouble spots
• Improve procedures for put-away, packing, loading, picking, and receiving
• Identify ways to apply these ideas to your specific environment

Learning Contents

• The value and objectives of Warehousing
• Warehouse Resources
• Customer Requirements
• Warehouse Planning Methodology
• Space Planning for Receiving and Shipping
• Requirements for Alternative Storage Methods
• Warehouse records and Information Management  
• Determining Levels of Automation
• Software Selection
• Warehouse Equipment Planning Methodology
• Types of Warehouse Equipment
• Personnel Planning and Selection
• Planning Warehouse Staff Requirements

For Whom

Those who need practical techniques for planning, managing, and improving day-to-day warehouse, storeroom, or distribution center operations. Engineers and management services staff who are involved in the design, re-design or improvement of warehouse and stores layouts, methods and systems